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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
7
Prairie Farmer notes a simple light pine gate hinged to a rolling barn door between the horse stable and buggy room. The design keeps the area ventilated while preventing horses from exiting and poultry from entering, swinging aside when not in use.
A Canadian veterinarian advises one full daily hay feed for work horses during crop time to allow proper digestion and lung health. He warns against dusty hay and stresses that a distended stomach reduces lung expansion, increasing heave risk. Reducing winter rations by one third may improve spring condition.
A design for a calf shipping crate explains size varies with calf size. An ordinary six to eight months old calf needs a crate about 3.5 feet high and 18 inches wide with removable front neck stanchions. The top is open for easy loading, and a small feed box can be attached to the front bottom if desired.
Advice urges keeping cattle in good condition now rather than risk costly feed later. Waiting until spring weakens herd and delays milk production. well fed cows produce surplus that pays for themselves, while undernourished cows become farm charges.
The text argues against confining a pig to corn alone and stresses the need to combine other feedstuffs with corn to achieve proper growth and meet the criteria for being called a hog.
The report states that cornmeal alone yields less than a half pound daily gain per head in well-bred swine. It notes that additional feed components are necessary alongside corn to achieve meaningful growth.
Advice urges studying cows through dairy and stock literature and conversations with scientists to broaden knowledge and understanding of cattle care. The call emphasizes practical observation over books alone.
A Missouri Valley Farmer suggests rigging a four foot by four inch post set two feet deep with a 16 inch deep auger hole in top to hold coal oil. Hogs rubbed against the post would transfer oil, deterring them with a quarter of the oil used in dipping or spraying.
Stock talk emphasizes skim milk for lambs and warns against marketing at a loss on high priced feeds. It notes bone and muscle development foods for young pigs and forecasts farm butter pricing parity. It advises hog cleanliness and warns against turning stock into wet meadows due to trampling damage.
The author cautions against feeding hogs exclusively with corn. They advise selling corn and buying high protein feeds such as wheat bran middlings and oil meal to mix with corn, arguing variety in feed improves growth and production at market time.
Clear guidance on painting preparation and technique for weather exposed surfaces. Emphasizes dry, scraped, smooth surfaces and the use of pure white lead mixed with fresh linseed oil. Recommends The Dutch Boy Painter white lead and offers a free testing outfit from National Lead Company of New York for those interested.
A husband mocks a doctor and his wife asks what is wrong. He complains the doctor prescribes exercise for a man who tended his furnace all winter and now contemplates starting the lawn mower season. The exchange captures a light domestic moment.
LB Hennen of Milan Missouri reports a long battle with itching and eruptions that resisted three doctors. After using Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent the trouble cleared and never returned. A leg outbreak from pneumonia and grippe also healed after three Cuticura applications. May 13 1907.
A mother darkens the room to keep Edgar in bed while he notices the window shows dark with holes where the blind’s rod moves. The child asks if the dark has holes, prompting a simple lesson about night and wakefulness.
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